Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

[ClearlyCoated]

This happened this morning. I enter the freeway (I-5 southbound in San Diego) and I get caught behind a gravel truck. Enough to make any car guy with a freshly polished vehicle nervous, right? Traffic is flying by in the passing lane, and I hang back as much as possible without becoming an unsafe traffic hazard. I see my shot and slip into the next lane.

I look forward only to see I am now trailing a CEMENT MIXER. And the mixer is predictably churning. Again I start glancing at my rear view, waiting for traffic to clear so I can shoot into the next lane. Tiny pebbles are bouncing, but I deftly manage to evade them. I see a clearing and slip into to the #1 lane.

Only to look up and see that I was now behind a small pickup hauling a heated tar trailer!!! And that little wagon was smoking and bouncing!

Were the detailing gods bored this morning?

[Zuke]

Re: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

Ugh! I cringe when these rock trucks hit the highway. I feel your pain Swurly.

[Garage Troll]

Re: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

I feel your frustration. It really makes me angry when gravel trucks have a load in the back but don't use the pull back tarp to cover it. I don't think they understand sometimes that if a larger rock comes off of their vehicle and not just the road IT IS their responsibility. Same thing goes for ice and hard packed snow on vehicles' roofs.

[roushstage2]

Re: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

I'll add to this. In addition to the above, the one of the more recent things I can think of are flatbed pickup trucks with OPEN bags of Ready-Mix Cement stuff on the bed. So, everything that is in one of those little cement bags, went flying all over my car for a couple of miles since all we have are two-lane roads around here. Joy.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

I know the feeling. Makes you cringe. I remember when I was living up north. Getting stuck behind a plow truck. Not only was he plowing, (this part was great). He was spreading road salt from the back end. What a mess.

[Clutch34]

Re: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

wow...that *****! screwed 3 times ina row!! lol kinda funny if u think about it tho..!

but yea, I totally feel ur pain! I HATEEE it when that happens! I actually had a big ol' rock come outta NOWHERE and smack my front windshield as I was driving on the highway -- scared the living hell outta me cuz I did'nt know what happened at first!!

[CieraSL]

Re: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A car guy's nightmare hat trick

My car turned yellow.....














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